Shirt and garment support.



PATENTED OCT. 24, 1905.

S.LONDON. SHIRT AND GARMENT SUPPORT.

APPLIGATIOH FILED DBO. 30, 1904.

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SAMUEL LONDON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT AND GARMENT SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed December 30,1904;- Serial No. 238,929.

To all whom, it ntcty concern.-

Be it known thatI, SAMUEL LONDON, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shirt andGarment Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to shirts or shirtwaists, such as worn by smallboys.

The object of the invention is to provide a garment of this kind withmeans for supporting the trousers in a resilient or elastic mannerwithout recourse to suspenders.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indieatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of a garment with which my invention has beenincorporated. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing a button of myinvention which is used in connection with the garment. This view ispartially broken away, as will appear. Fig. 3 is a perspective of thebutton shown in Fig. 2 and illustrating the manner in which the saidbutton is attached. to an elastic band. Fig. 4: is a section through thebutton shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through a portionof the body of a shirt at the waistband and illustrating the manner ofattaching the waistband to the body.

Referring more particularly to the parts and especially to Fig. 1., 1illustrates an undergarment or shirt, such as worn by a child beneaththe blouse or shirt-waist. In its general construction this shirt is ofcommon form. In applying my invention, however, I provide a waistband 2,which passes continuously about the body of the garment at or near thewaistline. This waistband is preferably tacked to the material atsuitable points 3. In this way the waistband is attached continuouslyaround the garment so as to form free or loose straps 4 between theattached points, as will be readily understood. I reinforce the garmentand waistband by means of inclined strips 5 of braid or similarmaterial, which strips are securely sewed to the bosom of the shirt, asindicated. These strips 5 are preferably made These reinforcing-strips 0not only prevent the waistband 2 from being torn away, but they alsoserve to distribute the forces incidental to supporting the trousers orbreeches in such a manner as to prevent the garment from pulling tightlyin vertical lines passing over the shoulders.

I providemeans for supporting the breeches or trousers from thewaistband 2. To this end I provide a continuous belt 7, preferably ofnarrow elastic material, as indicated. At intervals upon this belt thebuttons 8 are at tached. These buttons preferably consist of two disks 88, formed of leather or similar material. The two disks are normallysuperposed upon each other, as shown in Fig. 2, and they are eachpreferably provided with three alining openings 9, through which theelastic belt 7 is passed, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3. In thisfigure the disks 8 8 are represented as pulled apart, as they could beby sutiicient force; but it should be understood that the strands 10 ofthe belt which are disposed between the two disks normally hold thedisks closely superposed one upon the other.

In Fig. l I illustrate the manner in which the belt, together with thebuttons, may be worn to support the trousers. When the belt is worn asillustrated, the belt would be passed about the body in a horizontalline above the waistband 2, and its ends would be attached together inany well-known manner. The portions of the belt 7 carrying the buttonswould then be drawn down into the space between the straps i and thebody of the shirt, so that the buttons would lie below the waistband.WVith this arrangement the portion of the belt 7 between the buttons 8would be disposed in loops 11, which would be supported upon the lowerextremities of the reinforcing-strip 5. The breeches would then beattached to the outer disks of the buttons, and the drawers would buttonto the inner disk. The connection to the shirt would evidently be veryresilient, so as to adapt itself readily to activcmovements of the boysbody. Evidently the buttons may give downwardly individually, and theymay shift substantially longitudinally in any direction. Thus they willaccommodate themselves to the circumstances. In attaching trousers tothe buttons it should be understood that the outermost disk 8", as shownin Fig. 3, will be passed through the buttonhole in the trousers.

tinuousl y tliereabout and attached at intervals thereto, and a beltsupported by said waistband and disposed in loops depending between thepoints of attachment of said waistband, and buttons carried by saidloops and adapted to support a lower garment.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SAMUEL LONDON. l/Vitnesses:

F. I). AMINEN, JNO. M. BITTER.

